Friday Nov 27
Revenge of the Mekons - a film by Joe Angio
- rough 25-minute work-in-progress -
House Theater Company at the Chopin Theater Chicago (After the performance of”All the Fame of Lofty Deeds” )

Lu Edmond’s been born once again. In fact his new (still forthcoming) cd is what you might have expected from him. All his activities in ‘world music’ circuits have influenced his playing in the Mekons or the Blokes. The CD is highly welcomed as a result on his way to an album of his own [...]

One of the most interesting festivals of the year must be the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. It’s a free concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. This year Rosie Flores hit the stage along with Jon Langford and Rico Bell of the Mekons plus Canada’s Sadies.
Thanks to Christina Boggs (see her blog) we have a video [...]